Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-28

/ rlety OF native rasCahty contributed to the
chorus Ii was pretty rough, Gut To an earn
est inquirer after truth it was amusing, and
"a had some newspapers and d pencil in my
: pockets ] was able TO sketch an entire rpglIes'
! gallery on the margins II was Christmas
eve, and had hoped to be on INV way to
England the following day, but as they say
in America, il seemed now as if the sultan
might easily play the guiilotlne act and get
ahead of me The unrestiained diahlerie Of
the miserable devils around me became quite
! appalling toward midnight As lay on the
damp filthy floor, with nv ears stopped, |
! tried to fall asleep, and had begun to think
the effort WAS hopeless when suddenly |
heard the tramp % soldiers who stopped with
a Ground aTInsl' opposite tue iron door OF
the cell Presently an officer entered, and
calling nv name aloud. informed me that by
the favor Of LORD Dutferin. the British am
hasSador, | was 10 he released Lord Dutrer-
IN himself waited outside with his carriage.
and when joined him We're driven right
away to the residence of the British consul
A great diplomatic hail was in progres, al
the consulate when | arrived snd bv The
time | had hathsd and dressed TIN, enteTt ain
ment was almost at an end hut Lord buffer
in insisted that | should Join the fevelers
Well bows. the peri that waited outside
paradise never saw nything in fact OF fancy
more beautiful than the spectacle presented
to me by that brilliant assembly of men anu
women, many Of whom were moving to the
strains OF a Strauss waltz as | entered tn.
room When WAS introduced 10 the daugh
ter Of our hostess IN whose honor the ball
had been given felt that after my late ex-
perience in TartarIls the Christians heaven
could show nu more radiantly angelic spirit
in all the celestial thranc.
The following day was escorted by a mob
of the sultan's military subjects and put on
board an English man of war which was pre-
paring to leave harhor NV escort hing
round the stern of the ship until she began To
move and | longed-O, how | did longI-to
have been able without violation OF interna-
tional etiquette to put a fog horn TO my lips
and pronounce Il benedirtion upon the sultan
of Turkey
handed O'Donovan The London Specta-
tor and he read a long passage in which the
ture recorded the opinion that The Daily
News correspondence from Merry had reached
a higher point of general knowledge and
literary excellence than had ever been at
tanned by any previous correspondence from
abroad. "Mr. O'Donovan," said The Spec
tator, "has contributed more accurate and
valuable information upon the Asiatic posi-
tions OF Russia and Great Britain than We
have vet been able to derive from all other
available sources"
O'Donoyan SEEMED to be much affected and
pleased hey ond measure at this corroboration
of his success. He remained silent for some
time and when he recovered could only say:
We'll. never expected it There can be no
finer tribut. than this BOYS let rs bay. a
bowl OF punch and drink tue health of The
Spectator"-a suggestion which was not al
lowed 10 grow RUSTY
Shortly afterward we separated and only
saw O'Donovan once again. He had returned
from Paris, where he spent much of his tim.
looking over his manuscript of a le,tur. To
Ia. delivered before III. Rovsl Gaocr.nb;.,I
society, and As he read aloud som. portions
b,.gan 70 realize the wisdom, of tn. Spertstor,.
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